Munksjö Oyj has today received two announcements referred to in Chapter 9,Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act. According to theannouncements, the holding of Ahlström Capital Oy in Munksjö has today fallenbelow the threshold of 5 percent and the holding of its wholly owned subsidiaryAC Invest Five B.V. has today exceeded the thresholds of 5 and 10 per cent.

Ahlström Capital Oy has today sold 2,587,318 shares in Munksjö Oyj to AC InvestFive B.V., corresponding to 5.07 per cent of Munksjö's shares and votingrights. The direct holding of AC Invest Five B.V. and the indirect holding ofAhlström Capital Oy has today increased to 5,637,787 shares, corresponding to11.04 per cent of Munksjö's shares and voting rights.

AC Invest Five B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AC Invest B.V. and ACInvest B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ahlström Capital Oy.

The Munksjö Group is an international specialty paper company with a uniqueproduct offering for a large number of industrial applications andconsumer-driven products. Founded in 1862, Munksjö is among the leadingproducers in the world of high-value added papers within attractive marketsegments such as Decor paper, Release Liners, Electrotechnical paper, Abrasivebackings and Interleaving paper for steel. Given Munksjö's global presence andway of integrating with its customers' operations, the company forms a globalservice organisation with approximately 2,900 employees. Production facilitiesare located in France, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Spain and China. MunksjöOyj is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more at www.munksjo.com.